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As the Supreme Court weighs whether Colorado can bar former President Donald Trump from its primary, two secretaries of state,
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one Republican and one Democrat, agree that election denialism poses a threat to local officials but clash on whether Trump must be convicted of a criminal offense to be excluded from the ballot. He hasn t been tried, and so I don t want the arbitrary authority as a secretary of saying, Well, I think you did so, therefore I can take you off the ballot, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican, said in a conversation recorded on Feb. 6, two days before the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump s 14th Amendment case. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, disagreed, asserting that the law does not require Trump to be found guilty of insurrection to disqualify him from holding office.Both secretaries, who were in Washington, D.C., to attend a conference, joined CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on this week s episode of The Takeout to discuss the heightened pressures on local election officials in both of their home states. While Fontes maintains that elections in Arizona remain fair and reliable, he acknowledged that general discontent has escalated because of the spread of misinformation, resulting in conspiracy theoriesand direct threats.
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Oregon Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski and his wife, attorney Mary Oberst, have enough money to get by and meals are generally no problem.But things will be different this week.This is Hunger Awareness Week in Oregon, and for the next seven days, Kulongoski and Oberst will be cutting way back ndash; down to the budget one would live on if relying on food stamps ndash; a diet they hope others will also follow for a few days to better understand the plight of those who have no choice. They ll spend just $3 a day apiece on their meals, $42 in all, to match the amount spent by the average
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food stamp recipient in Oregon. I m gonna probably go back to what I remember in college, Top Ramen and hot dogs, said Kulongoski. It won t be easy, but the less than bountiful fare is for a cause, reports CBS News correspondent Stephan Kaufman, as Kulongoski begins lobbying Congress against cuts in the food stamp program proposed by the Bush administration. The problem
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is we ve just been reducing the money and the eligibility rolls of those who can get food stamps, said Kulongoski, who lived in a home for boys as a child and worked his way up, with a boost from the GI bill. At the same time, those on food stamps are getting less. The Oregon governor is also a strong advocate of school breakfast and lunch programs. When the federal gove
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rnment cuts back on them, says Kulongoski, you re actually depriving children of opportunity to basically